As it turns out, the JuiceBox ATM (right) unveiled on April 1, which gives us a chance to withdraw money every charge was mostly just a joke, but there’s a way that a charging station pays you, or pays for itself at least.

The new-old idea to earn money is to implement smart charging controlled by utilities.

It could work like this – you get a FREE JuiceBox for your EV, but the utility will decides whether to charge now or later (or stop charging for a while) based on data on electricity demand, available renewable power sources and time to finish charging.